SHARING OF TARGET OBJECTS

• US 20150339094A1
• Filed: 05/21/2014
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,557,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/10 Special adaptations of display systems for operation with variable images
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/001 using specific devices not provided for in groups G09G3/02 - G09G3/36, e.g. using an intermediate record carrier such as a film slide; Projection systems; Display of non-alphanumerical information, solely or in combination with alphanumerical information, e.g. digital display on projected diapositive as background slide projectors per se G03B23/00 = 42 HP
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

A method of sharing a target object which includes: obtaining a geo location of a first user; obtaining a focus of the first user to a target object; determining a distance to the target object from the first user; determining the geo location of the target object; obtaining a geo location of a second user; transmitting the geo location of the target object to the second user; prompting the second user to focus on the target object; and displaying the target object to the second user. The method may be implemented on one or more computer devices. There is also a computer program product and a system for sharing a target object between a first user and a second user.

Claims

1. A method of sharing a target object comprising:

obtaining a geo location of a first user;

obtaining a focus of the first user to a target object;

determining a distance to the target object from the first user;

determining the geo location of the target object;

obtaining a geo location of a second user;

transmitting the geo location of the target object to the second user;

prompting the second user to focus on the target object; and

displaying the target object to the second user;

wherein the method is implemented on one or more computer devices.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying the target object further includes highlighting the target object to the second user.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

determining when the second user is in a field of view to view target object and when the second user is not in the field of view, prompting the second user to move to a different location to be within the field of view; and

highlighting the target object to the second user.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein there is at least one additional second user for which the processes of obtaining a geo location of a second user, transmitting the geo location of the target object to the second user, prompting the second user and displaying the target object to the second user are repeated for the at least one additional second user.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a bearing for the second user to focus on the target object.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining a distance between the second user and the target object and providing the distance between the second user and the target object to the second user.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising prompting the second user to change location so as to have the target object in the second user'"'"'s field of view.

8. The method of claim 3 further comprising providing a bearing for the second user to focus on the target object.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the target object is not stationary.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the target object and the first user are not stationary.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the target object, the first user and the second user are not stationary.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the target object is only part of a field of view of the first user.

13. A computer program product for sharing a target object, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to obtain a geo location of a first user;

computer readable program code configured to obtain a focus of the first user to a target object;

computer readable program code configured to determine a distance to the target object from the first user;

computer readable program code configured to determine the geo location of the target object;

computer readable program code configured to obtain a geo location of a second user;

computer readable program code configured to transmit the geo location of the target object to the second user;

computer readable program code configured to prompt the second user to focus on the target object; and

computer readable program code configured to display the target object to the second user.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer readable program code configured to display the target object further includes computer readable program code configured to highlight the target object to the second user.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to determine when the second user is in a field of view to view target object and when the second user is not in the field of view, computer readable program code configured to prompt the second user to move to a different location to be within the field of view; and

computer readable program code configured to highlight the target object to the second user when the target object is in the second user'"'"'s field of view.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer readable program code configured to provide a bearing for the second user to focus on the target object.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer readable program code configured to determine a distance between the second user and the target object and computer readable program code configured to provide the distance between the second user and the target object to the second user.

18. A system for sharing a target object between a first user and a second user, comprising:

a head mounted device having a video display and a computer device;

the computer device having a computer readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to obtain a geo location of the first user;

computer readable program code configured to obtain a focus of the first user to a target object;

computer readable program code configured to determine a distance to the target object from the first user;

computer readable program code configured to determine the geo location of the target object;

computer readable program code configured to obtain a geo location of the second user;

computer readable program code configured to transmit the geo location of the target object to the second user;

computer readable program code configured to prompt the second user to focus on the target object; and

computer readable program code configured to display the target object to the second user.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein computer readable program code configured to display the target object further includes computer readable program code configured to highlight the target object to the second user.

20. The system of claim 18 further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to determine when the second user is in a field of view to view target object and when the second user is not in the field of view, computer readable program code configured to prompt the second user to move to a different location to be within the field of view; and

computer readable program code configured to highlight the target object to the second user when the target object is in the second user'"'"'s field of view.